2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/87242Bethe's view-point on the global energy problems is presented. Bethe claimed that the nuclear power is a necessity in future. Nuclear energetic must be based on breeder reactors. Bethe considered the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons as the main problem of long-range future of nuclear energetics. The solution of this problem he saw in heavy water moderated thermal breeders, using uranium-233, uranium-238 and thorium as a fuel.7 pages. To be published in: Hans Bethe and his Physics, edited by G. Brown and Chang-Hwan Lee, World ScientificPhysics and SocietyNuclear Theorytext